davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-07
Dead Faces in Battle.

When we got into the Brock road in
trenchments man Il few files TO my
left dropped dead. shot just above the
right eve He did not grnan. or sigh,
or make the slightest physical move
ment, except that the chest heaved
few times. The light went out of his
face instantly. leaving il without a
particle of expression. 1t was plastic,
and as the facial muscles contracted,
it took MANY shapes. When the mans
body became cold. and his face hard
ened, il was horribly distorted, as
though he had suffered intensely. Any
person who had NOT seen him killed
would have said that he had endured
extreme agony before death released
him. A few minutes after he fell,
smother man a little farther to the left,
fell with apparently Il precisely similar
wound. He WAS Strengthened OUT and
lived for over an hour. He did not
speak. Simply lay on his back, and
his broad chest rose and fell slowly at
first, and then faster and faster, and
more and more fteblv until he was
dead. And his face hardened, and it
was almost terrifying i'll its painful
distortion. | have seen dead soldiers
faces which were wreathed III smiles;
and heard their comrades say that they
had died happy. do not believe that
the face of dead soldier. living on a
battlefield. ever truthfully indicated
the mental or physical anguish or
peaeefulness of mind which he suffer
ed Or enjoyed before his death. The
face is plastic after death, and as the
facial muscles cool and contract they
| draw the face into many shapes
Sometimes the desd smile, again they
stare with CLASSY eyes and loIling
tongue and dreadfully distorted yisages
at you. 1t goes for nothing! One
death was as painless as the other
Rsco1Iectio7aS of a Priu1ts.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-07
Wanted Him to Do 1t Again.

As Madison avenue car was going
up the hill the other night some one
tapped al the window. The conductor
Immediately stopped the car. Ne one
arose from his seat, and the conductor,
with dark scowl. rang the bell for the
driver to go on, and then opened the
door with an inquiring look on his
face A gentleman in the car reached
out his hand and said: Il tapped at
the window, but did not want you to
stop the car. See what | have found. !"
at the same time putting . copper cent
in the hand of the conductor, whose
froWn disappeared as he put the cant
in his pocket A moment later he op-
snsd the door with a beaming SMILE
and said, Stop the ear agai2-"<-%L
6sn4 1aEl1ek nn = %as
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-07
Lesson in Natural History.

81 suppose you think you know me, child
said he,
'But things are seldom what they seem to be
And your ignorance can not but lament.
can give some information
For your mental cultivation,
II you listen with q mind Intelligent.
40, thank you, sir" she said in tones polite.
Though her teeth they chartered audibly With
fright.
~Thsn give me your attention" he began,
And please do not grow ndGety-
My ramily is 'str1gidR,
And 'Symium Cinersum my clan.
My customs, may say, are quite nocturnal
Though my cousins, the 'Nycteas, are diuTnai
They are dear but distant relatives Of niue.
My habits are caTnivorous
And sometimes insectiTOrous,
To rodents especially incline.
My eyes are rather luminous Town."
he continued in d meditatiTS tone,
But il it would obligS sou, could wink.
My pupils ans dilating,
But the lids are niltiEatins.
W hich enables me to 2ivs my noted blfnS.
Il grieve to say that persons suPerstitious
Abuse me in a manner most malicious,
But you-reEar1 me not with careless eyesI
Let me ask you to Ops6rTea
Final faCr-tbat 10 MinSrva
am sacrEd,-and I'm countad very wise
Il thank you very kindly, sir, saij she,
q But ali Jour Latin " ords are Greek IL me;
Don I think me rIli6-you are q learned fowl,
And much admire your feathers,
So suited to all weathers;
But-e1euse me!-are you not our common
OWL"
Margaret johnson, iu ST. Nicholas.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-07

A Brooklyn firm is said to have
recently received an order from the
French government for large number
of drop-hammers, to be used in the
national arsenal for the manufacture
of g~ns. The drop-hammer is a con-
trivance whereby q heavy hammer,
ranging in weight from 500 TO 800
pounds, can be lifted in varying height
from 3 feet 10 inches to 6 feet. AL
the power thus represented can be
governed by the simple movement Of .
tresdle. The hammer has attached to
it dies in shapes of whatever is desire to
be made. The machine is Invaluable
in the making Of interchangeable
parts, which can be cast in any guam
tity, and all uniform. Its advantages
in the manufacture of firearms, where
the time taken in construction il an
important one, makes the @schiRs IN
9ySst demand,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-07

Lincoln county, Mimi. says the
Duluth Herald, supports but one
pauper, but from the fact that the
county board recently allowed him
S6.55 to pay his barber's bill, We take
it he is supported right royalty"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-07
C. ID. rNGEIL,

A TTORNEY AE Law and Notary
IA Public Office in over Mrs. Smiths Mill
cry Store Mantua Station. Ohio. Oh IL
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-07

M. G. MCBRIDE, NJ. D.,
Homeopathic Physician and surgeon.
OFFICE in Poe's Block, over Grocery OF b. A.
VanN :ss,
RnsiDKNOR on Cleveland Avenue, 6th residence
North OF BoWefy Street ai7
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-07
g. II. GRIFFIN,

~BNTIsT. ONCE over First Nations al Bank
~ ONCE hours from q. IN. to y. m.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-07
I. n. PHELPS

A rTORNEY AND COCNsELLOR AT
A LAW, Office over BELDIad Z ARh-
STRoNa's, Main St., Ravenna. Ohio.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-07

NOTARY PUBLIC, Mantua. o. Con-
~ yeyancing, collections and Tension Busi-
nOss promptly attepded to On the most fsasoe
able terms, oi<-u'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-07
Business Cards.
? & COZ ANT.

r q. NO1s ~ L
TTO4NEY AT LAW, Rsv.nna, o
IA Office in Blackstc oa Block, North Chest
hut Street, RaveHna. Ohio
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-10-01
JOHN S. CUTTINGS E. CO.,
BANKERS.
North and Fayette Sts., Baltimore.

Having purchased the Chesapeake Bank Build
ing with view to enlarging our business, We are
prepared to offer most liberal terms to the public.
Our facilities enable us to make for our customers
collections on all points, free of charge.
Attachedto our Bank is a large and well-arranged
SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT, with all modern i'm
provements, tending to make it absolutely safe, in
which boxes are rented at SIS and $40 per annum,
according to size. Orders for the purchase or sale
of Securities receive prompt attention.
Apl.16,'S7y.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-10-01
Coal or Wood for Fuel.
American Agricultural.


In actual heating power it is difficult
to obtain exact figures of comparison
between coal and wood, because the
quantity of moisture may vary to the
extent of twenty-five or thirty per cent.
This would reduce the value of the wood
to about the same extent. The most
careful experiments show that ton of
anthracite is equal to about one cord
and one-half of mixed hard woods,
chiefly oak. This supposes the wood to
be we'll seasoned. A ton of anthracite,
in some cases, may be fully equal to two
cords and one-quarter ofsoft wood, such
as hemlock, white pine, etc. In MaSsa-
chusetts, number of experiments made
few years ago, showed that ton OF
hard coal was equal to one cord and six
tenths of hemlock.
One ton of some of the poor Western
Goals is not equal to cord of good hard
wood. Taking all the estimates together,
a ton of good hard or anthracite coal is
about the same in heating power as a
ton of the best bituminous coal. A ton
of 900 pounds of either kind may be
taken as equal to about one cord and
one-half of what may be called good,
dry, merchantable, hard wood.
When wood, cut and split, sells for
81. 90 per cord, it is equal in price to
coal at 5000 per ton. But when the
price of wood in four-foot lengths is
two-thirds that of coal, then the coal is
much cheaper, because the saving and
splitting must be added.
Economy of handling, must, in a
great many cases, be taken into account.
A coal-fre in magazine stove will burn
all day in ordinary weather without at
tention. An ordinary fire needs atten-
ton perhaps twice day. For an equal
amount of heat, two or three times as
great weight of wood has to be lifted
as would be required if coal were used.
The following is safe rule by which to
ascertain when to buy coal: Add one
half to the cost of the wood, and, if the
amount equals the price of coal per ton,
coal is the cheapest, besides being more
readily handled. The wood should be
measured in the stick, and not after it
is cut and split.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-10-01
The ssNOW'' Time.

l can't think of anything that is of
more importance to youth than to
know how much the now time means.
AS opposed to those vague and harmful
periods, the some time and the amy
time, it is like 'apples of gold in pic
lures of silver Some time and 'any
time mean sloth, neglect and shift
lessness; the now time means the
accomplishment of what is to be done,
the completion of any task or duty,
the finishing of whatever is in hand
that makes success. The boy or man
who acts on the belief that the
now time is the only time that he,
must do as was most wisely written
many years ago, whatsoever thy hand
findeth to do, do it with thy might is
morally certain of rising and succeed
ing in whatever trade or profession or
industry he pursues.
To act on the now time plan means
to do your work first, to hustle it out of
the way, to complete and finish it and
then play; play as fast and furious as
you will, but play second. The other
times, the some time,' and that worst
of all nuisances, the amy time, are the
bad ones, the fruitful cause of all or
nearly all the failures, both in business
and in life, that we see about us. The
now time man acts, decides, con-
cludes. The 'any time'.and some time
man dilly-dallies and postpones and
procrastinates and feebly mourns at
fate. The now time man grasps each
opportunity, each opening is his and
he is successful. So, boys, remember
(and girls, remember too) that the
now time means success every time,
and the some time and amy time
mean equally as certain failure.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-10-01

parTo do right is the bud, blossom
and fruit of wisdom.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-10-01
Gethsenane.

In golden youth, when seems the earth,
summer land for singing mirth,
When souls are glad, and hearts are light,
And not shadow turks in sight.
We do not know it, but there lays
Somewhere, vailed under evening skies,
A garden all must sometimes see,
Gethsemane, Gethsemane,
Somewhere his own Gethsemane.
With joyous steps we 60 our ways,
Love leads halo to the days,
Light sorrows sail like clouds afar,
We laugh and say how strong we are.
We hurry on, and, hurrying, 60
Close to the border land of woe
That waits for you and waits for me;
Gethsemane, Gethsemane,
Forever waits Gethsemane.
Down shadowy lanes, across strange streams
Bridged over by our broken dreams,
Behind the misty cape of years,
Close to the great salt fount of tears,
The garden lies; strive as you may,
You can not miss it on your way.
All paths that have been or shall be
Pass somewhere through Gethsemane.
All those who journey, soon or late,
Must pass within the gardens gate;
Must kneel alone in darkness there,
And battle with some fierce despair.
God pity those who can not say:
"Not mine, but thine who only pray,
"Let this cup pass" and can not see
The purpose in Gethsemane.
Gethsemane, Gethsemane,
God help us through Gethsemane.
Ella Wheeler Wilcor.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-10-01
A Rule Worth Observing.

Never print anything in newpaper
that you would not like to hear your
mother or your sweetheart read aloud
at the breakfast table before mixed
assemblage. You may find it hard to
live up strictly to this rule. 1t is a
good one, nevertheless, and remembrance
of it will send to its proper place in the
waste basket an unpleasant paragraph,
a suggestive joke or disgusting news
item.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-10-01
EOR SALE.
31S Acres in a High and Healthy Neigh
bOrhOOd, Near Lutherville, Bal
timore County.

There are numerous BUILDING SITES Er
E:m upon the property, which command
E:@ extensive views of charming land -,
TENANT HOUSE, AND ALL NECESSARY
OUTBUILDINGS. Springs and beautiful
stream Of running water.
rs For those in search of country home for
the summer Tor all the year round for that matter)
an opportunity to do so is not likely to occur again
at anything like the low price ut which the prop
erty is offered.
Apples, pears, peaches and cherries in abundance.
Postofice, with telegraph and telephone near
Churches and schools equally convenient. Rail-
road facilities excellent.
STUMP & BRO, REAL ESTATE BROKERS,
Firemen's Insurance Building, Baltimore.
June4tApl.3O.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-10-01
Miscellaneous.
Great Model Clothing House F!

Acme Hall which was established very few
years ago, is now by far the largest Clothing
House in Baltimore. Its rapidly increasing bus
iness has recently compelled the proprietors to
move to the immense premises recently occupied
by the Wholesale Dry Goods House of Hurst,
Purnell & Co.
TO-oRDER DEPARTMENT.-Allt the leading
makes and novelties in woolens from this side as
well as the other side of the ocean shown here
These we sell by the yard, or make to your meas
ure by skilled artists who will please your taste
and fit your body. 1t is rare treat to see the
artistic character of the work produced here.
THE MEMS DEPARTMENT shows the grand
est assortment of Suits, 0vercoats and single gar
ments ever produced under one roof. Nothing
you can possibly want is omitted and everything is
warranted lower than any other house south Of
New York.
THE BOYS DEPARTMENT has always been
most interesting one but now is made complete
by adding Hats. Caps and Furnishings; all the
newest, lates, most choice here already and nov
elites added daily. Prices, here as elsewhere, as
usual the very bottom.
THE GENTS FURNISHING DEPARTM'T
is a new one with us, but will be marked with the
same vim and care which has made the other de-
partments so successful. All the best makes and
many manufactured expressly for US will be sold
at the lowest possible profit.
A M E HA LII.
oEHM & CO., PRoPRIEToRs,
5 and w. Baltimore Street,
l door west of Charles St., Baltimore
N. B.-Waitng room for ladies. Baggage
checked without cost to all visitors, buying not
Mail orders receive punctual attention. [My.2Sy.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-10-01

s@- Johnny-Needn't think you're
so smart. We've got wet cellar and
the doctor comes every day.
Billy-That's nothin'. We've got
swill barrel at the back door that's
brought down all the rents in the
block.
Johnny-My pap's.a policeman and
can arrest your'n
Billy-Ho, that's nothin', neither. -
My dad could buy him off for cigar,
! an report him an git him fired.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-01-05
Wood Ashes ana Crushed Bone.

tFrom the Congregatlonalst.l
 Some who have used wood ashes alone have expressed themselves as not being fully satisfied with the results. We have been informed that very satisfactory results have been obtained by mixing crushed bone with the ashes. The ashes alone contain but about per cent. of phosphate, and the addition of the bone makes a more per feet mixture. The parties referred to mixed 500 pounds of the crushed bone with two tons of ashes some month or more before using, and found it as perfect a fertil- izer ss one could desire. This mixing can be done by putting down 8 layer of ashes on the floor of any building; then add a thinner layer of the bone and so continue until the whole is used, say four or five times as much ashes as bone. This mix ture should be sprinkled enough to make it moist, and be so kept for three or four weeks, until the bone is completely dis solved When the whole has reached this condition, it should be shoveled over and thoroughly mixed. The potash in the ashes is expected to out the bone as perfectly as could be done with acid, while the process is much easier and safer. It is said that the cost of such fertilizer will not be over seventeen or eighteen dollars per ton. If this can be done, there is no reason why any farmer may not make his own fertilizer, and save a goodly profit that would otherwise go to some manufacturer of fertilizers. This mixture would be admirable for many field crops, grape vines, ato
Morning journal and courier., 1887-01-05

Pencils are sometimes lead, but the pen has to be driven.-Bosten Transcript. ''Shall light the gasp asked the land lady at the supper table.
 ''Ob, it isn't necessary" answered the new boarder, s'the supper is light enough."- New York Sun. At the University of Texas.-Prof. Shore "How are the bivalves divideda" Student 'sThey ain't divided at all, professor. You swallows lem whole, with little lemon juice | and pepper sauce. "-Texas Siftings.
 'fSay, mister, don't yer want a boy?" "Are you out of work?" "Yes.' "What did you do during the summera' 'I stuck flies onto ay-paper in druggists winders; but fly times over now. ow."-Philadelphi Call. An authority on the cuisine says that duck ought not to stand long after being roasted. Probably it would do no harm to let the duck sit up if it isn't too tired, but it shouldn't be allowed to swim in the gravy Springfield Union.
 Generals Miles and Drum hate each other cordially. When a friend congratulated Miles, recently, on his promotion by remark ing that he had got ahead of Drum, the gen. eral responded by saying that drums make 6 that somebody was beating them.-Lowell Citizen.
 A New Yorker who happened to be in Bos-
  nifty to make social call. He was shown into the parlor and while waiting there a nurse entered with little baby in her arms ''Itty, pity, tootsey, wootsey," said the New Yorker, addressing his conversation to the infant; "oozy, boozy, goozy. nooz-". At this juncture the child set up howl "1m afraid she doesn't understand you, sir" re- marked the nurse.-Babyhood.
 Family physician-s'Your case puzzles me exceedingly, Miss Bessie. After a careful diagnosis I find you have symptoms of ar- senical poisoning, malaria, a mild form of dyspepsia, slight indication of softening of the brain, and-I regret to say it-a suspi- cion of gout." Miss Bessie-'How herridl and after the care have taken of myself this winter. Why, doctor, do you know, haven't been anywhere for two weeks, ex- cept to our cooking club dinner, night before last. "-Puck
 An Enterprising Robber, who had long had his Eye upon certain Bank took Advantage of a Dark Night to break into the Institution and Secure Fortune. He had Effected Entrance, after hours of Hard Work, when a voice observed, ''Had known that you Desired Admittance I would cheer fully have Opened the Front Door," "Who are you?" "The Cashier" "But I am a Robbern 'sOh, well, there need be no Quarrel between us, as the President has got Ahead of Both in Cleaning out the Bank. :" Moral-It is better to rob Bank President than Bank.-Detroit Free Press.
 Where are those songs? Those pensive airs
 Of autumn leaves and dying days,
 So filled with hopes and anxious cares,
 Those tuneful tunes and bssom lays
 Some in the aste-baSkets may be found,
 Some served to clean the printers type;
 Some into kite bows have been bound,
 Some gone to lgut the foremans pipe.
 -Goodell's Sun.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-01-05
JANUARY 5, 1887.

him by making fictitious purchases and sales.
 The defence was that in gambling transac-
 tions of this character the law would not compel the brokers to account. An order having been issued requiring the brokers to give a bill of particulars of the pool transac- tions, an appeal was taken to the general term of the Supreme court, which has over ruled the action of the court below. Justice Daniels delivered the opinion, holding that the defence interposed is a valid one and that the law will not sanction such an agree ment as was entered into. After consider ing the terms of the agreement Justice Dan- iels says: The business of the combination is shown to have been carried on under this agreement, which, however, it is alleged, was violated by the plaintiff himself. Its object was to control the product as far as that could be done in which these parties had agreed to deal and to withhold it from sale in the market: thereby enabling them to advance the price of the commodity to the public. This was an agreement and combination which the law will not sanc- tion. It will not permit parties owning prop erty to combine together to keep it off the market-and in that manner oblige the public to pay larger price for the article than it would otherwise secure. Such combina- tion is an unlawful conspiracy punishable as crime. It is little if anything less than respectable robbery which the law will not permit or sustain. And it is further we'll settled where such combi- nation or conspiracy may have been carried into effect that the law will not aid either of the parties in any endeavor by means of legal proceedings to secure or obtain his share of the plunder.s
Morning journal and courier., 1887-01-05
Wednesday, January 5, 1887.
PROFIT.sHARING.

n
 Proft-sharing is one of the most attractive and promising plans for dealing with the la bor problem that has been devised. With the beginning of the year two notable experi- ments in proft-sharing are announced, one in Lynn, Massachusetts, and the other in Bcs- ton. MT. Sherry, of Lynn, has been manu- featuring shoes for several years on a partial cooperative plan and finds it works so we'll that he has decided to do all his work on the same basis. Shares at $5 each are offered to his employees who may take as many as they please. Beyond what the employees subscribe MT. Sherry furnishes the necessary capital, and about half the employees have already subscribed. One proviso is made that no member of the corporation shalt belong to any organization which might interfere with the business.
 The Boston experiment is still more inter esting. It is made by the owners of the prosperous Boston Herald. They propose to divide among those who shall be in their regular employ during the next twelve months 8 share in the net profits of the business after reserving fair rate of interest on the capital invested-in proportion to the rate of wages that each is receiving. They also sug- gest the establishment among the large num- Der of employees of the Herald of an associa- tion to be known as the Herald Benefit socie- ty, to which each shall contribute a small sum per week, the proprietors of the Herald to contribute sum equal to the gross amount contributed by the employees. This fund would be used for the purpose of pro- viding weekly allowance to each contribu- tor during sickness or other disability, the payment of fixed amount in case of his death to those dependent upon him, and, perhaps, pension to those who, for proper cause, were unable to continue work.
 The more experiments of this kind the bet ter. They tend to bind employers and em- ployes more closely together, and to make work more agreeable and hopeful and also more effective